emaciated — [[t]ɪme͟ɪsieɪtɪd, me͟ɪʃ [/t]] ADJ GRADED A person or animal that is emaciated is extremely thin and weak because of illness or lack of food. ...horrific television pictures of emaciated prisoners … English dictionary

emaciated — adjective /əˈmeɪʃieɪtɪd,əˈmeɪsieɪtɪd/ Thin or haggard, especially from hunger or disease. The emaciated prisoners in the death camps were weak and sickly. See Also: emaciate, emaciation … Wiktionary

emaciated — adjective extremely thin from lack of food or illness: The prisoners were ill and emaciated. emaciation /I meISi eISFn, si / noun (U): in an advanced state of emaciation … Longman dictionary of contemporary English